disembark

dis- +‎ embark

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑɹk/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

disembark (third-person singular simple present disembarks, present participle disembarking, simple past and past participle disembarked)

1. (transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore

   Synonyms: land, debark

   The general disembarked the troops.

   • 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello:

     Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers.

2. (intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.

   Synonyms: debark, alight, get off, get out

   • 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77:

     This time I disembark at Dumbarton Central, a station with two island platforms blessed with yellow brick buildings and iron canopies dating from 1896, and listed Grade A.

3. (transitive) To go ashore from (a boat); to leave (a train or aircraft)

   We disembarked the ferry.

• embark

• “disembark”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.